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The Space Launch System that lifted off on April 1st generated 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, more than any rocket NASA has ever launched. But it took five major companies to build it.
Who built what:
• Lockheed Martin built the Orion Crew Capsule, the spacecraft where Commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are living and working right now on their way to the Moon.
• Airbus built the European Service Module, which provides the crew with propulsion, electrical power, water and oxygen for the entire mission.
• Boeing built the Core Stage, the 212-foot backbone of the rocket that houses the main fuel tanks and holds everything together.
• Northrop Grumman built the twin Solid Rocket Boosters, which provided over 75% of the total thrust needed to lift the 5.75-million-pound rocket off the pad at Kennedy Space Center.
• Aerojet Rocketdyne built the four RS-25 Main Engines, the same engine design that powered the Space Shuttle for 30 years, now upgraded for the Artemis program.
Source: Aviationcircle
WowThatUsernameIsSoOriginal
more importantly, it is people who have built these things. The manufacturers are just there to organize enough people to work together toward a common goal. it's the people who matter. apes together strong.
lamontcranston
The RS-25, the SRBs, and the core fuel tank are all recycled from the Space Shuttle to keep contractors and manufacturing jobs in Texas going
UnluckyLunkhead
OK, who plumbed in the toilet?
AyatollahBahloni
The lowest bidder, as usual.
javadad60
Lockheed Martin.
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Hexidimentional
just think of what the americans could achieve if they spent on science what they spend on murdering brown people.
ArchaeoEejit
Hey! it takes a lot of science to bomb brown people.
Seethreepeeoh
Isn’t Northrop Grumman that twitter MAGA guy?
Hexidimentional
The running joke is that Northrop Grumman has produced two vehicles to carry bombs for the usa government, one intentionally and one not. The B2 stealth bomber, and the USPS mail truck.
Seethreepeeoh
Funny. (At least I think it is, id never heard of northrop grumman before this morning if im honest)
Onetonmanwithaspoon
Fun fact: GE built the 30mm gun for the A10 warthog. Talk about "spin cycle."